472 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Author's preface -- Introduction / by Huston Smith -- Notes to the first edition -- The encyclopedia, including photographic sections -- Appendix A: Reference maps. Historical synopsis of the Islamic world ; Historical synopsis of the Middle East ; Arabia and its neighbors at the time of the Prophet's birth ; Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B: Mecca and the Ḥajj. Chart of the Ḥajj ; Map of Mecca ; Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C: The branches of Islam -- Appendix D: Genealogical tables. The Quraysh ; The Umayyads ; The 'Abbāsids ; The 'Alids -- Chronology

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